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Table 5 Employment, working hours and continued professional development (CPD)

From: The chiropractic profession in Denmark 2010–2014: a descriptive report

General employment a

2010 (n = 393)

2012 (n = 469)

2014 (n = 454)

 Owner of a clinic

56 %

58 %

58 %

 Employed by a private clinic

32 %

32 %

30 %

 Employed in the public sector

11 %

10 %

12 %

 Employed by health insurance comp.

13 %

7 %

6 %

 Other

8 %

4 %

3 %

 Missing

1 %

1 %

4 %

Total working hours pr. week

2010 (n = 393)

2012 (n = 469)

2014 (n = 454)

 More than 37 h

30 %

32 %

31 %

 30–37 h

48 %

46 %

46 %

 25–29 h

13 %

12 %

12 %

 20–24 h

4 %

5 %

4 %

 Less than 20 h

2 %

3 %

4 %

 Missing

4 %

2 %

3 %

Hours of CPD pr. year

2010 (n = 388)

2012 (n = 469)

2014 (n = 454)

 0 h

Not available

1 %

5 %

 1–10 h

Not available

13 %

21 %

 11–20 h

Not available

16 %

22 %

 21–30 h

Not available

20 %

18 %

 31–40 h

Not available

12 %

11 %

 41–50 h

Not available

6 %

6 %

 More than 50 h

Not available

20 %

15 %

 Missing

Not available

13 %

3 %

  1. aThe possibility to give more than one answer was explicitly stated in the questionnaire